Submitted by NCI on 14 October 2013 - 6:32pm
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It is race month, and the city is “abuzz” with screaming and roaring engines. Related to the Indy 500, my wife Karen is opening the first YoguLatte Franchise on Main Street in Speedway a few days before Memorial Weekend. Hope all of you can visit and enjoy some yogurt.
NCI is working hard to muster ethnic groups to come and walk the 500 Parade May 26rd in their own ethnic attire. We have had a tremendous response to our call to gather.
Our next meeting is Monday, May 14, 7:00 PM at the Athenaeum. Primary business at that meeting will be to finalize our parade unit for the 500 Festival Parade. Our parade unit banner reads “Nationalities Council of Indiana” and underneath “Indy International Festival.” One of our Chinese heritage groups will lead the unit with their Lion Dance team. Individual Nationalities Council organization members in ethnic dress will walk behind the Lion Dance team. We hope to include the national flags of the countries represented by the organizations in the Nationalities Council.
Basic requirements: 1. Marchers must be in ethnic attire; 2. Participants must be over 10 years old; and 3. Participants must be able to walk the entire 2.5 miles of the parade route. Step off for the parade is Noon on May 26th, but we will gather at 10 AM (Promotion Company) at our marshalling location toorganize our unit. The 500 Festival provides some parking areas for parade participants and parking passes, and we will distribute maps and passes at the May meeting.
If you have organizations that would like to participate in the parade, please forward the following information for each group: To: Pat Hubley [[email protected]]
1. Name of organization
2. Contact Person
3. Contact’s Phone Number
4. Contact’s e-mail address
The contact person should plan to attend the Nationalities Council meeting on May 14th. NCI will send information via e-mail to participating NCI organizations (and ethnic groups that are not members) prior to the May 11th meeting regarding parade day marshalling instructions and parking updates.”
Thanks goes out to India Association and Raju Chinthala for invitation to attend Indian Ambassador visit to Indianapolis dinner/ reception/ talk. The ambassador spoke highly about the relationship between the United States and India.
I am looking forward to our next monthly meeting.
Allen Cem Galloway, MPA
President, Nationalities Council of Indiana
NCI Monthly Meeting
Second Monday of the Month, (except December and January).
Next meeting:
May 14, 2012, 7 p.m.
The Athenaeum,
401 E. Michigan Street
Max Kade Room
Visitors Welcome!
Important Notice on Parking
New parking meter rates effective: January 2, 2012
As of January 2, 2012, parking rates have been increased from $1.00 cents to $1.50 per hour. You can find these new Downtown meters from Capitol Avenue on the west, going east on New York Street, heading south on Alabama Street, going west on Maryland to Pennsylvania, south to Georgia Street and west to Capitol. Parking meters operate Downtown, Monday - Saturday, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. A spur also extends along Massachusetts Avenue from Delaware Street on the south to St. Clair Street on the north.
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For information on the Nationalities Council, please check our website
(http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org) or contact Allen Galloway, [email protected].
(http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org) or contact Allen Galloway, [email protected].
For information on the International Festival, please see our website
(http://indyinternationalfestival.org) or contact Pat Hubley, [email protected].
(http://indyinternationalfestival.org) or contact Pat Hubley, [email protected].
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Naturalization and Lawful Permanent Residency (Green Card) Processes
Thursday, July 19, 2012
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
John H Boner Community Center/Halstead Hall
2236 East Tenth Street
Representatives from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will present two (2) simultaneous information sessions covering the Naturalization and Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card) eligibility requirements and application processes. This workshop is sponsored by Immigrant Welcome Center and is supported by Nationalities Council of Indiana and other nonprofit social service organizations. For information, please e-mail [email protected] .
Asian Fest
Saturday, June 9, 2012
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Garfield Park/Arts Center
2345 Pagoda Drive (in park)
Asian American Alliance, Inc. and Indy Parks present the fifth annual Asian Fest at Garfield Park. The event will feature ethnic music and dance, art and cultural displays and delicious Asian food from local restaurants. The purpose is to increase awareness of Asian culture and history in central Indiana. FREE admission and parking. www.indy.gov/parks
NOTE: NCI will have an informational booth at Asian Fest. If you are interested in helping at the booth for 1-2 hrs, please attend the May 14 NCI meeting at The Athenaeum or contact Allen Galloway, President: [email protected]
DUES REMINDER. As of April 30, 2012, twenty-six (26) cultural group members have paid their annual dues for 2012. In 2011, NCI had a record fifty(50) paid groups. If you are uncertain as to the status of your group or need 2012 dues form, please contact Josef Laposa, Treasurer: [email protected] . Thank you for your continued support!
NEW! Ongoing cultural exhibitions
Take Me There Egypt
At the Children's Museum, learn about modern Egyptian life with interactive exhibits: visiting a home, shopping at a marketplace, or attending a traditional Egyptian celebration. Enjoy hands-on, interactive activities with the whole family.
3000 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4716
1-800-820-6214
Children of Burma
1 May 2012 - 1 June 2012
The images in this exhibit are products of photojournalist Steve Linsenmayer's 2006 journey to Burma and Thailand. This exhibition is on loan from the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
131 E. Walnut St.
P.O. Box 804
Portland, IN, 47371-0804
P.O. Box 804
Portland, IN, 47371-0804
REPRESENT: Celebrating Indiana's African-American Artists
21 January 2012 - 15 July 2012
REPRESENT presents work by African-Americans who have lived and worked in Indiana. Pieces range from William Edouard Scott's early French easel paintings to current artists who paint, photograph, sculpt and make textile, ceramic or collage artwork.
Indiana State Museum
650 W. Washington
Indianapolis, IN, 46204
317.232.1637
650 W. Washington
Indianapolis, IN, 46204
317.232.1637
The Tomb of Vigna Codini II
February 2011 - January 2013
The Tomb of Vigna Codini II consists of three life-size Roman portraits and a cinerary urn from Rome’s Museo Nazionale Romano. The portraits are of three freedman—or freed slaves—who served the families of the original dynasties of Roman emperors (Julio-Claudian and Flavian). The portraits likely depict high ranking servants as they are among the few to merit sculpted commemorations in marble. The busts of two men and one woman have the hairstyles and demeanor typical of the 1st century A.D., and once stood in deep niches in the walls of a large underground tomb outside of Rome. The tomb was discovered in 1847 under a vineyard of the Codini family and an accompanying photograph taken later in the 19th century shows the exact location of these heads, and a meticulously carved cinerary urn, in niches on the walls.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3326
317-923-1331
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3326
317-923-1331
Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Y?saku
11 November 2011 - 10 June 2012
The Indianapolis Museum of Art will present the first large-scale exhibition of works by Tawara Y?saku, a contemporary Japanese artist known for his highly energetic brushstroke. Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Y?saku will feature works inspired by Tawara’s belief that the universe is unstable and constantly changing. Executed primarily in ink on paper, his works use the cumulative effect of many brushstrokes to create powerful and expressive works, apparent in even his smallest 3 in. x 5 in. paintings. Although Tawara eschewed representational art, many of his paintings recall traditional ink landscapes or other forms in nature.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Allora & Calzadilla: Vieques Series
8 March 2012 - 14 October 2012
Allora & Calzadilla: Vieques Series is an exhibition of three short videos by the artists Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla filmed on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, which has been a site of protest and civil unrest for decades.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Printmakers in the Cafés of Paris
27 February 2012 - 22 August 2012
The Jane H. Fortune Gallery
The prints gathered in Printmakers in the Cafés of Paris explore the interest of Pont-Aven School artists in the nightlife of fin-de-siècle Paris, as well as their engagement with its most innovative portrayer, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Indianapolis Museum of Art